In the last days of Germany’s war, many desperate civilians were drafted into the Volksturm to defend Berlin. Armed with whatever they could lay their hands on, old men, wounded soldiers, and even those too young for regular service were expected to ho
Formed by the first Emperor, Augustus in the hope that he would be protected from the fate of his illustrious forebear, Julius Caesar, the Praetorian Guard were the Emperor’s Elite bodyguard and also policed the city of rome. Despite being forme
The fully armoured Knight or Man at Arms formed the backbone of all European medieval armies, often fighting on foot when the need arose. This box builds 38 armoured men, with weapon options including poleaxes, pole hammers, single-handed and hand and a half swords. They can be used for the armies of England, France, Burgundy,…
The development of fast-moving reliable tanks led to many ideas of how to slow or destroy them. Large shaped blocks of concrete, strengthened with a steel core, often called Dragon’s Teeth were a good way to block a vehicle’s progress. Equally, infantry had to be stopped or channeled away, so engineers on all sides were…
Front: The hardened sailors of the Baltic and Black Sea Fleets took to land to help drive the German invaders from the Motherland. Such was their fierce reputation their enemies quickly named them ‘The Black Death’… The Soviet Baltic Fleet and most of the Black Sea Fleet were bottled up in harbour by the German…
Ghar are as pitiless in their dealings with each other as they are with their enemies.Those who fail in the eyes of their masters become Outcasts – stripped of their warrior status, their lives to be expended in the service of the Ghar Supreme Commander. In battle Outcasts are driven before the advancing Ghar forces…
There can be few more characterful people than the ancient Britons. With their trademark spikey limed hair, magnificently droopy moustaches and painted with woad battle-markings they were as colourful and they were ferocious. The British, who st
The Tiger was hurried into action on the Russian front as a response to the heavier Soviet tanks that had caught the Wehrmacht unawares. Its massive square body and rounded turret was an intimidating sight to enemy tankers. The armour was tremendously thick and made of quality steel, making it largely invulnerable, at least frontally,…
Andy Hobday
Graham Davey
